2. IPR:
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), very broadly, are
rights granted to creators and owners of works that are results of
human intellectual creativity. These works can be in the
industrial, scientific, literary and artistic domains, which can be
in the form of an invention, a manuscript, a suite of software, or a
business name.
Industrial Design:
Industrial designs refer to creative activity, which result in
the ornamental or formal appearance of a product, and design
right refers to a novel or original design that is accorded to the
proprietor of a validly registered design.
3. The owner of a design patent or an industrial design that's
registered has the rights to stop third parties from the following:
Selling articles that have a copy of the design.
Making articles with a similar design.
Importing articles that bear a design that's a copy of the
original one.
Documents Required:
A signed Power of Attorney in front of 2 witnesses.
Sets of figures or photographs in color or black and white,
preferably of various views of the complete article.
A certified copy of the priority document showing the filing
date, number and country, if priority is to be claimed.
4. Steps involved in Registration of Designs:
Finding out whether any registration already exists.
Preparing a representation of the design.
Identifying the class of design.
Providing a statement of novelty.
Including a disclaimer.
Claiming a priority date.
Determining the fee to be paid.
Ensuring all enclosures are attached.